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The leading Paragraph we particu larly advert to, which, though penned with the must jesuitical and studied Ambiguity, betrays deci, sive marks of the most deliberate hostility against Great Britain, " The inarruaions to our Ministers with respe& to " the different Belligerents were necessarily modified with a reference to their different circumstances, and to the conditions annexed by law to the Exe " cutiVe Power of Suspension requiring a degree of " security from Commerce which would not result " from a repeal of the Decrees of France. Instead " of a pledge, therefore, for the Suspension of , the " Embargo as to her in case of suc h a • re pe a l it was " presumed that a sufficient inducement might . be " found in other considerations, and particularly in °" the change produced by a compliance with our "just demands by one Belligerent, and a refusal by " the other, in the relations of this other and the " United States. To Great Britain, whose power " on the ocean is so ascendant, it was deemed not " inconsistent with that condition to state explicitly, " that on her rescinding her Orders relative to the " commerce of the United States, their Trade " would_ be opened with her, and remain shut to " her Enemy, in case of his failure tc, rescind his " Decrees also." Let us now examine what this curious paragraph conveys when developed of its obscurity, and stated in plain language : First—lt assumes, most falsely and unfairly, that our Orders of Council were issued against America, and not against France; not from the necessity of retaliation against Fiance, but as an unnecessary at tack on American Commerce. Secondly—Although the French Decrees preced ed the British Orders in Council, and ,occasioned those Crders, Mr. JEFFERSON doq not, as he was bound to do by every principle of equity, call upon France. to rescind her Decrees in the first instance : but he sends out a double set of instructions, and holds out to France, that if she tepeals her Decrees, and we do_not repeal our Order's in Council, she will " change her relations with us,v that is, declare War against us; whilst he holds out to us, 'that if we repeal our Orders in Council, and France does not rescind her Decrees, he will only open American trade to us, and merely 'keep up the embargo against France. - In other words, he states, that if we do not comply with his demands, he will join France in the war—if we. do comply with his demands, be will continue,in friendship with France. For the keeping up, nominally, the Etn,bargo against France, and permitting 'Ameri cans to clear out for all parts of the world, would ,be "Inerely substituting an illicit trade for an open trade; and whilst the prices on the Continent are so high, that the safe arrival of one cargo will pay the costs of three, the Americans would still continue to supply the French Islands with manufaeThres and provisions, and France with West Indian commodities. Thus France wowd enjoy the benefit and triumph of her Decrees, Great Britain would be deprived of the rights at.d power of retaliation, and the opening of American ports to all the world would give Arne , rica'the benefit of an illicit trade with France, Eu rope, and French Cplonies, whilst England remained excluded.' Such is what Mr. JEFFERSON calls a can did and liberal experiment. The opinion of the House of Representatives of America, upon the Question of the Repeal of the 'Embargo, was to be taken on the 14th of Novem- ber ; but we are inclined to think that Mr. JEFFER SON has Secured a Majority. As a specimen of the freedom with which the American Journals speak of the President and of the Embargo, we Nye se leded the following article. from New York Papers : THE MESSAGE. It is not our intention to give a very critic - al or tedious commentary upon this very extraordinary te.xt. A brief notice of a few passages is all that we have leisure or inclination to give ; and quite as much as 'the produkaion is worth. Of all the Ales gages,which have been transmitted to Congress , since messages came into fashion, this is, in our opi• nion, the most miserable.' -It is, even for the pre . sent Executive, unusually indefinite "and obscure.— It throws ‘Try fifth tight upon our . natipriqi con eerps, and contains nothing proportionate to the ex peclati.ons of an anxious con-411,00y. , ; In the first sentence of the Message, the-Presi .denr. is compelled. to acknowledge the .mortifying ,that the " strong measure," which was adopted by a blind and pliant Congress, solely because it was recommended by himself,. has not produced the efred he had so fondly anticipated—that it had failed " to awak€n the Belligerents" (" whose dis regard of neutral rights has been so destruaive to our commerce"), " to the duty and true policy of re-, yoking their Unrighteous ediEts :" that the weighty arguments of our Embargo Laws had been addressed in vain, bot hto their justice and their interests. - Thisis precisely the. result long since Rrediaed. No real Statesman ever supposed that our Embarg o would persuade or compel either France or Eng land to " a regard of neutral nights," or to a revo cation of their unrighteous eclials." Totally un skilled in the history of nations must be the man, who, for a moment, could have indulged so prepos terous a notion. .Buonaparte has resolved on the destrualion of England, and on assuming universal dominion. He believes the only mode of accom plishing his object is to destroy the commerce of his rival. For this he issued his Berlin Decree. Could any one, acquainted with the ambition and temper of Buonaparte, have been weak enough to believe that an embargo in America would &ire him from his purpose ?—England, equally determined .10 save herself from the grasp of the mighty Conqueror, issued her retaliating Orders in Council. How could any one have supposed that any. municipal arrange ment in this country would Compel her to revoke her Orders whilst the French Decree remained In force, and thus hazard her independence, her in terest, and even her national existence ? The re sult, therefore, is, as was expeCted by every real Statesman, that an eleven months Embargo, whilst it has injured our own country to an incalculable extent, has produced not the smallest effea in restor ing our neutral rights. Thursday morning PrincesFes AUGUSTA and MARY took an airing in'a .coach and four on the Maiden head road. Thursday Lady JANE DUNDAS paid a visit to Her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES at Windsor Castle ; afterwards her Ladyship returned to St. Leonard's Hill, where she is on a visit to the Hon. Mrs. HAR COURT. The Princess of WALES Will entertain at dinner to-morrow, the Duke of MoNTßosE,and large party of distinguiShed personages, at her seat at Black heath. On Thursday, the Royal College of Physicians held their Quarterly Meeting, President, Sir LUCAS PEPYS,..Bart, When D. THOMAS GRAY, Dr. HENRY EDGERWORTH, Dr. EDWIN, GODDEN JONES, Dr. ALEL HENDERSON, Dr. LAFFAN, and Dr. CHARLES WHITTLE, were admitted. Licentiates. Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, at which were present, his Grace the Duke of PORTLAND, the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earl• CAMDEN, BATHURST, and CHATHAM, Lords MULGRAVE and CASTLE REAGH, Mr. Secretary CANNING, and Mr. PERCI VA L. Yesterdy Lord CASTLEREAGH had a long audience of the Duke of YORK, at his Office at the Horse Guards. On Thursday Lady JANE DUNDAS paid a visit to her MAJESAY and the. PRINCESSES at Windsor Cas tle. The Members of the Board of Inquiry met yes terday at the hbuse of. Mr. RYDER . , the Judge=Advo cate-General, for the purpose of affixing their sig natures to the report which was .prepared for that purpose. When the report shall have received the signatures, it will be forwarded by the Judge-Ad vocate-General to his Royal Highness the Com mander in Chief, for the purpose of being laid be fore his Majesty; when, if his Majesty shall approve of the inferences drawn by the Board•from the evi dence, the report will be communicated to the parties and made ptiblic. The report will probably be pre sented to his Majesty by the Commander in Chief, to-morrow, at Windsor. A Proclamation will appear in this night's Gazette, appointing a General Fast to be observed throughout England on Wednesday the Bth of February anti another Proclamation will appear in the same Gazette, dirthing a General Fast to be observed on Thursday, the gth of February, throughout Scot land. It is said that Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY has offered to undertake the defence of Portugal with 24,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry. THE THEATRE.—Mrs. BEAUMONT, of the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, (sister of Mrs. Mumu) last night made her first appearance on London boards, at the Haymarket Theatre, in the character of Belvi dere. Mrs. BP.AUMONT is of the middle size: Her countenance, though not handsome, is expressive, and she has what is termed a good stage face. Her eyes are full and marking. Her voice is powerful, and well toned. Her action is easy and natural. she performed the charaCter throughout with strong feeling, and with an evident knowledge of her pro fession. The audience received her whole perform ance in a very favourable manner, and applauded her so much on the conclusion of the play, that the Managers were tempted, by her success, to announce the tragedy for repetition on Monday —CHARLES KEMBLE never performed Jager before so well, or with so much efied. He was dignified, tender, and impressive, and was warmly applauded. Cool E's Pierre .was strongly marked, and operated power fully on , the audience. The stage box, on the PRINCE'S side, was so noisy:that the audience was obliged to interfere and stop its ofii.i . nsivv gub4le, Formerly 2000 Ships used annually to a rri ve a t and leave Dantzic port - but (luting last year there were but two arrirals.r • ••• • • • NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, DEC. v.—Arrived the Falioliri, t s t Cipt. SHAND, from St oc kh o l m , with tar, for ," 1 " port ; and the Eur e tt a , PArxElisoN, f r°lll Quebec, bound to London. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 2 9 .—,-Arrived the Americ 2P Ship Two Sisters, MCASEY, from London, botlad in , Lisbon, in ballast ; put in, here in distress, hav ing been driven out of the Downs in a gale of wi nd ' . American brig Adamant, ALLEN, fromiSaloe,.ho wl to Guernsey, laden with wine and brandy, Pu l j d here by contrary wind; Brig- Non Pareil, BRuc * ,fiorn London bound to Figuera laden with iron, &c. - put in here for convoy ; Jane, SLATER, - front Stoc k ' holm, bound to this Port, laden with tar, &c . . Sailed the Norge, 74, to the westward. Arrived four light Transports, f ro m Fortsroot.l tb, bound to Vigo; sailed, und e r C onvo y of the and Resistance Frigates, but p ar t e d com pany in a g a- of wind in the Channel. DOVER, DEC., Q2;-The gale of last Diga t 110 ~,„r, caused two melancholy su ip wrec k a n ear o ur h 3 r" - s .. and we fear to hear d re adf u l accounts o f farther 11 2 1 . chief along this c oast . A t d ay -b rea k t hi s tO rtull ng a Brig was discovered sunk nearly opposite g a i, ic ° or, about half a mile to. the westward o f the 11°- t lie and from thence, to a considerable distatic e ' ls ics shore was covered w ith f r a gmen t s o f wreo k of butter, the remains of a V esse l an d c ar e ', li g had gone on shore n e a r th e saint. place, and,b at'e to upon the rock, the Vessel bad literally pieces —unhappily the shore presented t,he Pe'rr o li choly spectacle of the dead bodies of the crew , o f of whom perished, except the master 01 nine of of them, who was most miraculously fi saved. L' m of so n, the unfortunate Vessel s i s t h e Brig Helena, derland, HENDERSON, master, from Cardiff to don, laden with wheat and iron, which is still viu ° ry but under water, with h er masts stan di n g. E' e e , soul on board perished.—The other J is the Brig a lo - f of Caermarthen, THOMAS JENKINS, master. ire her crew, who clu n g to t h e r i gg i ng o f the mad; mast, after she stru c k, o nl y t h e master was s3vocis be was washed on sh ore f rom t h e b ows prit, f l ux. after being several tim es d rawn b ac k by Ole of the sea, succeeded in creeping beyond the r ' t of of the merciless waves, a n d go t upon a fragtr ell lo t cliff, where he remain e d f rom e l even o 'clock ,5 night until day , brcak this morning; when h e t i p s discovered, half perished; with one o f his To greatly injured, and otherwise sorely bruised. add to his misfortune, he had embarked leis Al this Vessel, and was uninsured. • . .--...-- tb 6 DEAL, DEC. •23.—S a il e d t h roug h t h e Dowil c fo r Fame, COURTNEY, and . the ,Succes;, ROsl 3l °' Jamaica. • • beea BOMBAY, MAY' 1808.—A c o mp ar i so n 4 - de. r made of the quality of : Briti s h an d F re nch rc or ls c i used in the late gallant aCti o n o f hi s M a jesty " e ; „Sun Fiorenio with th e Fr enc h Frigate Picchnoni a, ,%e are har.py to exhibit to 'our Readers a d e re sive proof of the superiority of this essential in 6 r , client in British thunder. From a 7-inch brass 111° I ii tar, with three ounces of powd er , a 601. boss bait was projeEted, at an angie of 45 d eg . and au q s " o - I cl of three trials gave 595 f ee t t o t he San Floreli ° ,: e it) 5t 6 feet to La Piedmontaise, making a differe ll ' o ch favour of the British p o wd er o f 79 f eet. After' t he an experiment, it must a pp ear s i ngu l a r that French should be so partial to a long shot. ELECTION OF CO MA OtV COVACIL' The following was the state of the Nils ye'• ferdaY at the final close : FARRINCDO Mr. Waithman • 725 *Crooke . . 7 1 2 Murrell - - 666 Herring - 639 Bardin . - 642 W. J. Reeves - 640 T. Reeve - - 6,6 Sir J. Branscomb - 616 Nichols ' - .SSO The ,first sixteen Cand r WITHOUT. *Mr Miller - Wright - Harper - Da w son - A . Young Grirtiths' - R. Brewer Ilrewer - .661 • S tl 5 1 6 . 5 3 o ° 6 • 41 , 43° idates were declared '4ll. N WITHIN. y 6; Mr. Smith - Walker - %5"; Lewis - 7 , 5 ) Metcalf - " lames Smith %49 Roberts - " 23;, *Winter - I olio Smith - FARRINGD, Mr. Daw - 328 Seatcherd - - 308 Cooke - -29 j Cad wel I - 2 93 Pritchard - - 284 - Crowder - - 281 Wheble - - 275 Leigh T s h t e uk f e o s rme: - sixtee : n C22;10 i 3 n i clidates were declared d uly eletied. BISHOPSGATE WITHOUT. 191 Mr. Duette!' - - 239 Mr. Clark - - sl y * (;laic - - 2 . 37 Knight - W Sir M. Rawlins - - 2 33 ,i "'ticker - - 155, Greenaway - 231 I Gough - _ I 5) Winclus - - 2.25 Gould - IS M *White - - eau Poynder - - 0 Kos: - - 22 * Freetnan - - Nash - - 218 The former thirteen Candid ates w ere deCla rCC' duly ele&ed. _ . - CORDWAINER WARD. 9° Mr. Harriman - - 105 M r . Watson ' . -b b "Keinble - - 105 Tntnbey - : 79- G. A. Smith - . 103 Hick - - s'' Rowe - - too 4 E - tones - -44 Abbey . . 91 *Blake - The thriller eight Candidate s were declared d'-' 1 • 11 elecieci. These marked thus * are new Candidats. We understand, by letters of a recent date frothi Holland, that th e crews o f severa l A mer ican . sh i t , that have been lat e ly carr i e d i nto por ts subjec t to France, have had the option gi%en them, either or be considered as prisoners, ‘and treated as 56011 ' 0 1 to . enter on board the French ship s o f war. S cve e . .o of them have preferred th e l atter . Agall)4l 1.11- atrocious and tyra n nical procee di ngs , General 1 -1 - I ! r ` c ., sT4oNo is understood to have strongly, but iDe tle . tually remonstrated. The answer is, " can be done in the business without taking the ' PEII.O pleasure.'" No w , as it will be some t I. le probably bet Ore His Aljesty can rind leisure t ! it t ie to attend to such petty concer n s, . there is lit hope that El l is mißst e(mitable and respecO o r .ter will, in the interi m , b e ei t h e r abandon . o4 . .1111ttgated rs.• 11